Physostigma venenosum

Common name: calabar bean.

Contraction of the pupil (Acon., Bell., Chin-S., Daph., Euphr., Gels., Hyos., Merc., Nat-M., Op., Plb., Puls.) (D.).

Night blindness (Chin., Hyos., Lyc., Merc., Nit-Ac., Nux-V., Puls., Ran-B., Stram., Verat., Zinc.) (Bl.).

Twitching of the ocular muscles (Agar.) (Bl.)

MYOPIA (Arg-N., Calc., Gels., Phos., Puls.) (K.).

Spinal irritation (Kali-P., Phos., Zinc.) (D.).

Impaired locomotion (Con., Gels.) (A.).

TETANUS (Arn., Bell., Cupr., Nux-V., Op., Phyt., Strych., Verat.) (D.).

Slightest draught of air renews the spasm (Ars., Lyss., Nux-V., Strych.).

Violent trembling all over (Gels.) (C.).

Trismus or lock-jaw (Cic., Cup., Ign., Nux-V., Strych.) (D.).

Great prostration of the muscular system and tenderness of the spine (Phos.) (Bl.).

Progressive muscular atrophy (Iod., Nat-M., Op., Plb.) (Bl.).

Unsteadiness from knee downward, when walking, especially with the eyes shut, (Con.) (C.).

Locomotor ataxia (Alum., Con., Gels., Nux-V., Phos., Sil.) (Br.).

Numbness in the paralyzed parts (Cocc., Op., Rhus-T.) (Br.).

Staggering gait (Alum., Gels.) (C.).

Laboured, sighing respiration (Laur., Op., Phos.) (C.).

Tremors or trembling from mental of physical disturbances (A.).

Uncommon mental activity (Cann-I., Coff., Pip-M., Phos.) (A.).

Cannot stop thinking (Coff.) (A.).

Cannot concentrate the mind (Gels., Nux-V., (C.).

Nothing right; too many things in the room; continually counting them (C.).

Dim vision from blur or film (Chin., Euphr., Nat-M.); objects appear mixed (A.).

Pain after using the eyes (Calc-P., Nat-M., Ruta) (A.).

FLOATING BLACK SPOTS BEFORE THE EYES (Chin., Cocc., Nat-M., Phos., Sep., Sil., Sulph.) (K.).

Nystagmus (Agar., Bell.) (A.).

Photophobia (Bell., Con., Euphr., Merc., Nat-M., Phos., Sulph.) (Br.).

FLASHES OF LIGHT (Bell., Calc., Cedr., Croc., Glon., Merc., Nat-C., Phos., Puls., Sil., Stram., Sulph., Valer.) (Br.).

Profuse lachrymation (Euphr., Merc., Nat-M., Rhus-T.) (Br.).

Heart's action irregular and tumultuous (Dig., Lach., Mur-Ac., Nat-M.) (C.).

Pain over the orbits; cannot bear to raise the eyelids (Br.).

Pain from forehead down nose (B.).

Sensation as of a band around the head (Arg-N., Bell., Cann-S., Carb-Ac., Cocc., Gels., Iod., Merc., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Op., Sang., Spig., Sulph., Sulph-Ac., Tereb.) (B.).

Feeling as if a ball were coming up in the throat (Asaf., Ign., Lyc., Nux-M.) (C.).

Gastralgia; great pain immediately after eating (Calc-P., Mag-P., Nux-V.) (Br.).

Torpid bowels (Alum., Bry., Lyc., Sil., Sulph.) (B.).

Painful evacuations (Aloe, Nux-V., Sulph.) (C.).

Piles: Hard, protruding, painful and very sensitive (Lach.) (C.).

Heart seems to flutter in the throat (B.).

Perspires very easily (Calc., Chin., Merc., Rhus-T., Sil.) (C.).

Dull, heavy, stupid feeling in the head (Bapt., Bry., Gels., Kali-P.) (C.).

Omits bath on account of horror for cold water (Ant-C., Psor., Sulph.) (C.).

Jerking limbs (Bell., Cupr., Hyos.) (B.).

AGGRAVATION: From straining the eyes; after injury; from the draught of air; from walking; during night; after eating; and from mental activity.

AMELIORATION: From lying with the head low; from warmth; and in a warm room;

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Agar., Bell., Calc-P., Chin., Con., Daph., Euphr., Ferr., Gels., Hyper., Ign., Kali-P., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Op., Puls., Ruta, Sep., Strych., Sulph., Verat., Zinc.